anyone know the results of biamping with 2 different amps?

[sikoniko]

I have a pair of B&W N802's, which are rated at 500W. I just purchased a pair of Nuforce Ref9's to replace my cinnenova grande5. I was thinking about the possibility of biamping the N802's with the ref9's for low and the cinnenova grande 5 with high. does anyone have any experience mixing brands? what kind of results does it yield?

I know I will have to try for myself, just wondering if anyone has any feedback.

[eduardw]

Mixing different amps can result in gain problems, but when using an active crossover then most problems can be fixed.

[PewterTA]

Imaging also can be different between the two amps...

[cdwitmer]

The best thing is just to try it and see. I have a fair amount of experience with multi-amping in pure audio systems and based on that experience I would say you can get very good results with different amps but you may spend a lot of time tweaking things to get everything just right. Note that you might spend just as much time tweaking things to get everything just right even with identical amps, as the units and frequencies are different.

[Rolyasm]

Why did you replace your Earthquake? It seems like a geat amp. Any issues with it?

[Snap]

I would be worried about using the 2 different amps. There are a whole host of reasons. Sound Stage, Power, Amps, Analog vs. digital ( I think that the nuforce amps are digital right?) But that is just my take on the issue.
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[taz13]

Some amps do better at high end then others, some amps do better on the bottom end. When I do pro sound, I normally use digital amps for bottom end and my old analogs for top end. Try it you might really like what you can come up with. You have the amps so it just takes some time. Let us know what you find out and wether you like the results or not.